Open AccessHorizontal Transfer of a Multi-Drug Resistance Plasmid between Coliform Bacteria of Human and Bovine Origin in a Farm Environment
Author(s) -
Hanne Oppegaard,
Terje Steinum,
Yngvild Wasteson
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
applied and environmental microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.552
H-Index - 324
eISSN - 1070-6291
pISSN - 0099-2240
DOI - 10.1128/aem.67.8.3732-3734.2001
Subject(s) - plasmid , bacteria , horizontal gene transfer , drug resistance , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , enterobacteriaceae , genetics , escherichia coli , gene , phylogenetics
Multi-drug-resistant coliform bacteria were isolated from feces of cattle exposed to antimicrobial agents and humans associated with the animals. Isolates from both cattle and humans harbored an R plasmid of 65 kb (pTMS1) that may have been transferred between them due to selective antibiotic pressure in the farm environment.